Kicking of a musical May with a trip to SFTOC in Salford the 1st of 3 music festivals for us this month ( Wrexham & Sheffield to follow ) this & 2 Super Furries gigs, good times ahead ... June is for resting
May 3, 2026 at 6:50 AM
Kicking of a musical May with a trip to SFTOC in Salford the 1st of 3 music festivals for us this month ( Wrexham & Sheffield to follow ) this & 2 Super Furries gigs, good times ahead ... June is for resting
Go and see our friend Karl D’Silva at SFTOC in Salford tomorrow!
I am onstage at 4pm tomorrow in Islington Mill events space for Sounds From The Other City 🦋 Be There 🐎 Love Is A Flame In The Dark 🌹
May 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Go and see our friend Karl D’Silva at SFTOC in Salford tomorrow!
Line up for Sounds From The Other City just released and it's an absolute belter, I think it's only available to the mailing list right now and goes public at midday, but if you want a preview (and access to earlybird discount) I think you can still sign up now... soundsfromtheothercity.com
Sounds from the Other City festival | SFTOC
SFTOC is Salford and Greater Manchester's annual festival of new music & art. The independent scene's unofficial
soundsfromtheothercity.com
February 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Line up for Sounds From The Other City just released and it's an absolute belter, I think it's only available to the mailing list right now and goes public at midday, but if you want a preview (and access to earlybird discount) I think you can still sign up now... soundsfromtheothercity.com
This Sunday is serious Salford business. We’re putting on a full stage of the SFTOC festival; reading, screening, singing & performing through the day @wcmlibrary.bsky.social from 4 until 9pm.
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Full line up below plus we’re screening Meshes Of The Afternoon and Dimensions Of A Dialogue.
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Full line up below plus we’re screening Meshes Of The Afternoon and Dimensions Of A Dialogue.
April 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
This Sunday is serious Salford business. We’re putting on a full stage of the SFTOC festival; reading, screening, singing & performing through the day @wcmlibrary.bsky.social from 4 until 9pm.
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Full line up below plus we’re screening Meshes Of The Afternoon and Dimensions Of A Dialogue.
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Full line up below plus we’re screening Meshes Of The Afternoon and Dimensions Of A Dialogue.
SFTOC lineup now on their site and you can see what I mean... As a veteran of the very first SFTOC way back in 2005 when it was just the back rooms of 4 pubs on Chapel St, and almost every year since (missed 2010 due to another festival, which still annoys me) I reckon they've nailed it. As ever.
Line up for Sounds From The Other City just released and it's an absolute belter, I think it's only available to the mailing list right now and goes public at midday, but if you want a preview (and access to earlybird discount) I think you can still sign up now... soundsfromtheothercity.com
Sounds from the Other City festival | SFTOC
SFTOC is Salford and Greater Manchester's annual festival of new music & art. The independent scene's unofficial
soundsfromtheothercity.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
SFTOC lineup now on their site and you can see what I mean... As a veteran of the very first SFTOC way back in 2005 when it was just the back rooms of 4 pubs on Chapel St, and almost every year since (missed 2010 due to another festival, which still annoys me) I reckon they've nailed it. As ever.
#5Albums24 #NowPlaying
Daisy Rickman - Howl
This was such a nice find.
Sadly missed her set at SFTOC 24 but I managed to keep a track on a playlist which I kept playing on repeat so searched out the album
Lush tones
daisyrickman.bandcamp.com/album/howl
Daisy Rickman - Howl
This was such a nice find.
Sadly missed her set at SFTOC 24 but I managed to keep a track on a playlist which I kept playing on repeat so searched out the album
Lush tones
daisyrickman.bandcamp.com/album/howl
Howl, by Daisy Rickman
10 track album
daisyrickman.bandcamp.com
December 23, 2024 at 11:29 PM
#5Albums24 #NowPlaying
Daisy Rickman - Howl
This was such a nice find.
Sadly missed her set at SFTOC 24 but I managed to keep a track on a playlist which I kept playing on repeat so searched out the album
Lush tones
daisyrickman.bandcamp.com/album/howl
Daisy Rickman - Howl
This was such a nice find.
Sadly missed her set at SFTOC 24 but I managed to keep a track on a playlist which I kept playing on repeat so searched out the album
Lush tones
daisyrickman.bandcamp.com/album/howl
Tried talking to the camera but I can’t do it so I’m playing SFTOC festival in Salford at Islington Mill Club Space on May 4th tickets here:
soundsfromtheothercity.com/tickets/
soundsfromtheothercity.com/tickets/
February 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Tried talking to the camera but I can’t do it so I’m playing SFTOC festival in Salford at Islington Mill Club Space on May 4th tickets here:
soundsfromtheothercity.com/tickets/
soundsfromtheothercity.com/tickets/
A few bands at a local pub for us today but also have Get Together to come and Bearded Theory festival. Two or three other gigs along the way so yes,musical May works. Enjoy SFTOC.
May 3, 2026 at 7:22 AM
A few bands at a local pub for us today but also have Get Together to come and Bearded Theory festival. Two or three other gigs along the way so yes,musical May works. Enjoy SFTOC.
#5Albums24 #NowPlaying
Good News - Small Forms
also from Sheffield
also on the excellent Bingo Records
managed to catch them live a couple of times this year at the super SFTOC 24 and teeny tiny Bingo Fest 24
goodnewssheffield.bandcamp.com/album/small-...
Good News - Small Forms
also from Sheffield
also on the excellent Bingo Records
managed to catch them live a couple of times this year at the super SFTOC 24 and teeny tiny Bingo Fest 24
goodnewssheffield.bandcamp.com/album/small-...
Small Forms, by Good News
9 track album
goodnewssheffield.bandcamp.com
December 23, 2024 at 1:13 PM
#5Albums24 #NowPlaying
Good News - Small Forms
also from Sheffield
also on the excellent Bingo Records
managed to catch them live a couple of times this year at the super SFTOC 24 and teeny tiny Bingo Fest 24
goodnewssheffield.bandcamp.com/album/small-...
Good News - Small Forms
also from Sheffield
also on the excellent Bingo Records
managed to catch them live a couple of times this year at the super SFTOC 24 and teeny tiny Bingo Fest 24
goodnewssheffield.bandcamp.com/album/small-...
April 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
@m19jeff.bsky.social wow..even more bands id never heard of than i expected . SFTOC
January 28, 2026 at 10:08 AM
@m19jeff.bsky.social wow..even more bands id never heard of than i expected . SFTOC
I really enjoyed British Birds at SFTOC and I’m pretty sure the sound engineer enjoyed them too!
May 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I really enjoyed British Birds at SFTOC and I’m pretty sure the sound engineer enjoyed them too!
Absolutely amazing live
Do go see them if you can
First saw them at the excellent #SFTOC
Hooked straight away
#NowListening #MandyIndiana
Do go see them if you can
First saw them at the excellent #SFTOC
Hooked straight away
#NowListening #MandyIndiana
It's Mandy, Indiana. Which is the band name of the week.
They're based in Manchester , too. Which is even better.
'Try Saying' is their new record. Sounding swell on the MBRS.
buff.ly/Evgj3AY
They're based in Manchester , too. Which is even better.
'Try Saying' is their new record. Sounding swell on the MBRS.
buff.ly/Evgj3AY
March 21, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Absolutely amazing live
Do go see them if you can
First saw them at the excellent #SFTOC
Hooked straight away
#NowListening #MandyIndiana
Do go see them if you can
First saw them at the excellent #SFTOC
Hooked straight away
#NowListening #MandyIndiana
Sounds From the Other City was brilliant. Would deffo do again. Glad I made a spreadsheet of acts to see. Lots of stomping around between venues. My fave acts were Melin Melyn, Pink Pound and R.Aggs. #SFTOC.
May 6, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Sounds From the Other City was brilliant. Would deffo do again. Glad I made a spreadsheet of acts to see. Lots of stomping around between venues. My fave acts were Melin Melyn, Pink Pound and R.Aggs. #SFTOC.
I do get and agree with some of your comments about the new music showcase festival scene in general, but SFTOC could not be further from all that. I think in spirit if not musically its closest sibling would be something like Supersonic.
January 30, 2026 at 12:28 PM
I do get and agree with some of your comments about the new music showcase festival scene in general, but SFTOC could not be further from all that. I think in spirit if not musically its closest sibling would be something like Supersonic.
I would also disagree that SFTOC is a "new music showcase" (aside from the ghastly corporate connotations of the phrase eg shit fest like Great Escape) it's never been or marketed itself as such. You get all sorts from newcomers to perennial outsiders to veteran alternative legends.
January 30, 2026 at 12:04 PM
I would also disagree that SFTOC is a "new music showcase" (aside from the ghastly corporate connotations of the phrase eg shit fest like Great Escape) it's never been or marketed itself as such. You get all sorts from newcomers to perennial outsiders to veteran alternative legends.
Anyone going to #ManchesterPsychFest? Thoroughly recommend #DuBlonde. Saw them at #SFTOC and they were great. When I last went to psych fest, the queues were mad and you couldn't change venues easily. Is it still like that? www.manchesterpsychfest.com/2025
Manchester Psych Fest
Manchester Psych Fest 2025. 30th August. Music & Arts Festival. Get your tickets now!
www.manchesterpsychfest.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Anyone going to #ManchesterPsychFest? Thoroughly recommend #DuBlonde. Saw them at #SFTOC and they were great. When I last went to psych fest, the queues were mad and you couldn't change venues easily. Is it still like that? www.manchesterpsychfest.com/2025
That's how it's always been as far as I know, and I know quite a few people involved in the independent orgs under that *very* loose umbrella. Salford alternative arts scene has always been v decentralised and actively empowering. Now Wave just list SFTOC on their site because they do a stage.
January 30, 2026 at 11:47 AM
That's how it's always been as far as I know, and I know quite a few people involved in the independent orgs under that *very* loose umbrella. Salford alternative arts scene has always been v decentralised and actively empowering. Now Wave just list SFTOC on their site because they do a stage.
SFTOC has been around longer than Now Wave, I honestly don't know if they run the whole thing these days (I always thought it was its own thing and they were just one of many curators) but stage lineups are still curated by different independent promoters who put on what they like.
January 30, 2026 at 11:25 AM
SFTOC has been around longer than Now Wave, I honestly don't know if they run the whole thing these days (I always thought it was its own thing and they were just one of many curators) but stage lineups are still curated by different independent promoters who put on what they like.
Going to SFTOC this Sunday in Salford? Visit the NQL Twilight Zone for spoken word, film, ambient DJ sets and live music.
Details here soundsfromtheothercity.com/promoter/not...
Details here soundsfromtheothercity.com/promoter/not...
Not Quite Light | Sounds From The Other City – Sounds From The Other City
Sounds From The Other City is Salford's festival of new music and art.
soundsfromtheothercity.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Going to SFTOC this Sunday in Salford? Visit the NQL Twilight Zone for spoken word, film, ambient DJ sets and live music.
Details here soundsfromtheothercity.com/promoter/not...
Details here soundsfromtheothercity.com/promoter/not...
I've not got enough money so of course I had to buy a ticket to #Salford's #SoundsFromTheOtherCity. Anyone else? I never normally fare very well at these multi-venue city-fests - always at the wrong place at the wrong time. Any must sees? #SFTOC soundsfromtheothercity.com/performances/
Performances at SFTOC | Sounds from the Other City festival – Sounds From The Other City
Sounds from the Other City is built on performances of all descriptions. Find out more about what you'll be seeing at SFTOC 2024 here.
soundsfromtheothercity.com
May 1, 2024 at 2:48 PM
I've not got enough money so of course I had to buy a ticket to #Salford's #SoundsFromTheOtherCity. Anyone else? I never normally fare very well at these multi-venue city-fests - always at the wrong place at the wrong time. Any must sees? #SFTOC soundsfromtheothercity.com/performances/